Automatic car-step register



Ian. 27, 1925. n

' J. I SGRO ET AL.

AUTOMATIC GAR STEP REGISTER Filed July 1'7, 1925 Patented Jan. 27, 1925.

JOSEPH ISGRO AND DOMINICK MONDI,

JR., OF JOHNSTOVIN, PENNSYLVANIA.

AUTOMATIC CAR-STEP REGISTER.

Application filed July 17',

To all whom t may concern.'

Be itl known that we, (1) Josnrn Issno and (2) DoMiNion MONDI, Jr., (1) a subject of the King of Italy and (2) a citizen of the United States, both residing at Johnstown, in the county of Cambria and State ot Penne Sylvania, have invented certain new and useul Improvements in Automatic Car-Step Registers, of which the following is a specitication.

In carr 7ingout the present invention, it is our purpose to provide a register actuating mechanism for cars, trains and the like, that is automatic in its nature, for thereby overcoming the necessity oi' the car or train conductor actuating said register upon the entrance of individual passengers into the car.

The primary object oitl our invention resides in the provision ot' such an actuating mechanism for car registers wherein the enc trance doors of the cars are equipped with depressible steps that are operatively connected to the pull cords oi" the register lfor thereby operating the same every time a passenger engages upon the step of the entrance door.

A Vstill further object of the invention is to provide such a register actuating inschanism for cars that is extremely simple of construction and efficientin operation, and ot' such a nature as to be readily associated with practically all types of cars, trains and the like now in use.

The nature and advantages of the invention will be bet-ter understood when the tollowing detailed description is read in connection with the accompanying drawings, the invention residing in the construction, combination and arrangement ot' parts as claimed.

In the drawings forming part of this ap plication, like numerals of reference indicate similar Vparts in the several views, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a detail transverse cross section of this actuating mechaiiism, per se.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal cross scc-tion thereof, and' Figure 3 is a View similar to Figure 1 oi' aY type of actuating mechanism for electric registers.

Now, having particular rete-rence to the drawings, A designates a wellknown type ot street car provided with inlet openings B at the front and rear ends and at opposite sides 1923. Serial No. 652,043.

thereof. 7e have shown this device as associated with a street car, but it is to be understood that we do not wish to be limited to such a showing as the mechanism may be applied to all types of conveyances employing a fare or passenger register.

In Figure 2, C indicates the floor of the car, while D indicates the usual step beneath the level oi' said floor and joined thereto by a skirt portion E.

Our novel register actuating mechanism comprises an auxiliary step 5 that embodies a major top longitudinal portion 6 and a front pendent skirt portion T. The rear end ot the said major portion 6 engages through a longitudinal slot S in the connecting portion E between the ioor C and step D of the car, it being noticed from a consideration olf. Figure EZ that this is of greater width than the thickness oiC said major portion of the step 5. The lower edge of this slot is rounded at 9 i'or reception within a rounded longitudinal channel 10 upon the undersurtace of the portion G ot the step for providing a pivotal connection between said step and said connecting portion E of this 'floor and step C and D, respectively, ot the car A.

The step D of the car is formed with a pair ot' pockets d adjacent opposite ends thereof for receiving the lower ends of rela tively strong expansible coiled springs 11 that engage at their upper ends beneath the major portion of the auxiliary step 5 for normally maintaining this step in the ele` vated position ot Figure 2.

At a point intermediate the pair of springs 11 and secured to the top :tace of the car step D adjacent the front edge thereof in any manner desirable, is a metallic plate 12, that is formed at its rear end with a pair of upstanding flanges 13, between which is positioned the lower end of an upwardly extending curved bar 14. The upper end of' this bar is curved forwardly and has contact with a metal plate 15 upon the underside of the major portion G of the auxiliary step 5 at its front end. The pendent skirt portion 7 of this step 5 adjacent the forward end of said plate 15 is socketed at 15, for receiving the bent end of the curved bar 14 when the step 5 is depressed.

The cord or cable 1'? that is operatively connected to the register of the street car (not shown) is connected at its front end to the bar 14 at the upper end thereof, and extends portion E between the oor C and step D of said ear A. i j Y In 'view"of heI foregoingwhen 'considered in conjunction with Figures 2 Yand 8 of the drawings, it will be at once'app'arent that upon the entrance of each passengerinto the car, the step 5 will be depressed by the weight of the'pa's'senger, fthereby forcing4 fthev arm 'forwardly yand lconsequentlypulling upontliecahle :17' which will operate the register` o-the car.`

I nfFigure 4,-thereis shown a means'for operating the electricalregisters sometimes founduponears or trains and vin this vinstance theauxiliary step-.5- is equipped at-,a point substantially fas shown with one contact 19 of a switch, while the step D5 of ,the car* is 4equipped ata point directly beneath saidcontact 19 with a springcontact 20,that islupon theupper end 'o-a support 20. The contact 19' has electricalc'onneetion with a suitable sourceof supply-VF, whilethe" other contact is electrically .connected tothe street carfregister, itbeing also vof course appa-rV entithat the source iof'supply F is also` con-1 neetedto -said -fregisten whereby a vdepressionf'ofv thestep-- will complete the 'circuitbetween the source of supply andthe regis# Vter .for `actuating the same.,-

l\lu1nerousY advantages of character will he readily` appreciated by those skilledJ in the art, and even though we have' herein shown and described the most a device `of this preferred embodiment ofthe present invention with which we are at present Jfamiliar, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may bebmade therein, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having `thus described our invention, what we claim asA new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: l

A step structure havinga tread portion, anda riser, the riser having a longitudinal slot, 'the lower edge wallot' which yis curved slot, and havingiat its under side a groove,- which'receives the said curved edge wall, a

spring interposed between the tread andthe: panel and serving :to normallyl holdy the tree f edge "of the panel elevated with 'relation .'tothe tread, a plate mounted at the underside' of thepanel and at the free edgefth'er'eoffa plate mounted'upon the upper surface ofthl tread portion of the step'andV having spacedv franges, a longitudinally curved 'bar-having' its'lower end reeeived'between the iangesoi' the -lastfmentioned l'plate and itsv upper" en'd bearing against the under side'of the plate" upon the panel, and a pulling element passi ing transversely through the riser fandcob niected `withthe har in the vicinity'of the 'up"` per end thereof. Y

In testimony whereof we affixA our si'gna tures. Y y i JOSEPH lSGRO' I DOMINICK* MONDI,V J a.

transversely, a panel passing through jthe 

